Metallic fuels for advanced reactors

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 392, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-150

  Carmack, W J ^a   Porter, D L ^a   Chang, Y I ^b   Hayes, S L ^a   Meyer, M K ^a   Burkes, D E ^a   Lee, C B ^c   Mizuno, T ^d   Delage, F ^e   Somers, J ^f  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^d JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e DIF   (France)

^f JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED FUELS; ADVANCED REACTORS; AVAILABLE FUELS; FAST SPECTRUM; GENERATION IV; METAL ALLOYS; METAL FUEL; METALLIC ALLOYS; METALLIC FUELS; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLES; REACTOR FUELS; REACTOR PROGRAM; SODIUM COOLED FAST REACTOR; TRANSMUTATION FUELS;

ACTINIDES; FAST REACTORS; FUEL SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; SODIUM;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 67349236381     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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